Little-known destinations, forgotten villages and whole regions to discover before everyone else does. The antidote to overtourism, one guide at a time.
A rugged, little-travelled valley between the Apuan Alps and the Lucca Apennines, made of woods, mountain pastures and Este fortresses. The Garfagnana with the Orecchiella park is an authentic mountain Tuscany, ignored by mass tourism.
Jun 30, 2026
A historic route that descends from the Apennine passes of the Lunigiana down to Lucca, among Malaspina castles and stone villages. An almost forgotten pilgrimage way that crosses the most hidden and wild corner of Tuscany.
Jun 30, 2026
Monte Amiata is an ancient extinct volcano in the southern corner of Tuscany, cloaked in beech and chestnut woods and ringed by mercury-mining villages. Far from the postcard hills of the Val d'Orcia, it is an authentic mountain where tourism arrives in tiny numbers.
Jun 30, 2026
A flat, almost entirely gravel cycle route that crosses the Val di Chiana along the Canale Maestro, between Arezzo and Chiusi. While the tourist crowds head straight for Siena and Florence, this farming countryside stays quiet and perfectly suited to slow pedalling.
Jun 30, 2026
Between Val Camonica and Val Trompia, the Val Grigna is a little-known pre-Alpine ridge, made of state forests and summer-pasture dairies. Almost only shepherds and local hikers walk it, far from the great tourist flows.
Jun 30, 2026
Outside the ski season, the Plateau of the Seven Communes turns silent and authentic again: mountain dairies, Cimbrian hamlets and Great War fortresses. A slow itinerary far from the crowds of the snow months.
Jun 30, 2026
In the Po Delta near Ferrara, the Comacchio Lagoons are brackish wetlands with historic fishing lodges, eels and flamingos, explored by boat or bike, crowd-free.
Jun 30, 2026
Between Mantua and Lucca, the Via Matildica crosses the lands of Matilda of Canossa with castles, parish churches and Apennine ridges. The Reggio and Parma stretch remains little walked compared with the Tuscan routes, ideal for those seeking silence and history.
Jun 30, 2026
The Cammino di San Vili is an ancient walking route that links the Brenta Dolomites to Trento along mid-mountain trails and rural villages. It is the slow, silent alternative to fashionable Madonna di Campiglio, a way to descend from the peaks to the city one step at a time.
Jun 30, 2026